Newtown Fair Day Fun Day

Fair Day Fun Day - Get Set to Be Set on
Fire!Bicycle rodeo tracks,
kitchens that are set on FIRE, circus skills, bulgarian and
north thai dance workshops, street sports, performances,
mermaids swimming past, the 2018 Newtown Festival Street
Fair is awash with funtastic activities for the whole
family!

With electric car demos and electric bikes for
sale, a family activity zone and circus performances, and
movement workshops on top of the 12 epic music stages, and a
shopper’s delight of fantastic market stalls, Newtown
Festival has all your family could want and need.

This
year’s street fair boasts a Family Fun Zone on Arney
Street, run by Wellington’s own Circus
Hub. High energy street circus performances
will be interspersed with free hula hooping and juggling
workshops for anyone who wants to give it a go.

The
Busker’s Pitch sports Sport Suzie,
New Zealand’s Crazy Aerobics fanatic, brings a workout
sesh you don’t wanna miss, as well as Mr
Fungus’ twelfth year the Newtown Festival!
The Choir of the Russian Orthodox
Church in Wellington lead by priest Alexei
Popkov, is performing Russian folk songs using the guslic,
an ancient Slavic instrument, on the Songs from the Old
Country stage on Emmett Street. Newtown New World Community
Stage features performances by Move It
Danceworks, a dance school based in Newtown and
Island Bay with classes in tap, ballet, jazz, and
contemporary dance.

Free chaotic play fun and games all
day at the Street Sport spot on
Donald McLean Street! Floorball, basketball, push
play/creative play equipment is supervised and organised for
kids of all ages, no pressure for the parents, you can leave
your kids to exercise whilst you chill out on the hay
bales.

Newtown Festival is even looking out for your
culinary safety - the New Zealand Fire
Service will blow up their kitchen nearby
almost every hour throughout the
day.NEWTOWN FESTIVAL STREET
FAIR 2018Sunday 4th March 2018, Newtown,
FREEhttp://www.newtownfestival.org.nz

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